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    Poker Boom

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    Poker Boom. Will there be another poker boom after Anette Obrestad win in the WSOPE Main Event???? The Poker Princess. Less than 24 hours later, they're calling it the best thing to happen to poker in years. Norway's Annette Obrestad, all of 18 years, 363 days, won the World Series of Poker Europe main event in London on Sunday, shocking the live poker world and simultaneously confirming what the online world had already known. Obrestad's story is legend now. Raised in a card-playing family, she asked her mother for her credit card number to start an online account when she was 15. When Mom said no, Annette signed up anyway and promptly won $9 in a freeroll on Ultimatebet. She built her bankroll from there, reaching six figures before she was 18. ImageMasters Photography Online or live at the felt, Obrestad will continue to make an impact on the poker world. According to the official coverage at worldseriesofpoker.com, Annette has "won more than 23 major online tournaments and made just under 100 final tables," earning $845,000 in her career. The fact is the young woman the online poker world knows as "Annette_15" has been one of the top tournament players in the world for the past couple of years, ascending to the top spot on pocketfives.com's online tournament rankings earlier this year. Annette's win is without much in the way of historic precedent. With a first prize of 1 million pounds ($2,013,102 U.S.), consider: • She's the first WSOP Europe main event champion. • She's the first woman to win a WSOP "main event." • She's the first woman to win a bracelet in Europe. • She's the all-time WSOP money leader among women, with almost twice as much earned as runner-up Annie Duke. • She's the youngest main event winner ever, breaking Phil Hellmuth's record with more than five years to spare. • She's also the youngest person ever to win a bracelet, beating Steve Billirakis' record by 2 years, 11 days. • She's the youngest person to win a $10,000-plus buy-in event. Every one of those accomplishments is obviously exceptional, and to have done it all in one grueling five-day event with a field that could only be described as elite makes what she's done all the more stunning. Of course, there will be questions: How was it a 15-year-old girl was able to play online? How legitimate is the American edition if the young woman they're now calling "The Queen of Europe" can't even play? Does that make the European event the more legitimate one? Call her the Queen of Europe or the Princess of Poker -- it doesn't matter. It's the player that counts, and she's here for the long haul. In a scene reminiscent of Arnold Schwarzenegger's cameo in "Walking Tall" (in which Arnold basically passes the action-star baton off to the Rock), Annette was the one who took Annie Duke out of the tournament in 21st place. Amazingly, she also removed Jennifer Harman from contention in the early going. This isn't to say the live-game ladies are obsolete, but Annette is part of a new breed of player engineered by the boom itself. They've learned the modern game at a younger age, and therefore with a greater learning capacity, not to mention the convenience of being able to play a million hands in a year if one were so inclined. Imagine where poker's going to be 10 years from now, tactically speaking. By then, the ripple effect of this win will be looked back upon as the good old days. As poker continues to expand throughout Europe and get younger, Annette is going to be viewed as the new poker poster child … literally. She'll be the proof that anyone can win, and at the same time, that skill prevails. Young players will flock online trying to be like her, and the old sharks (the Moneymaker generation) will feed on those new fish like the older sharks (the "Rounders" generation) fed on them. And so the endless circle continues. Congrats, Annette, and we can't wait to see you in the U.S. in 2010!

    GaF's Nothing to Something thread (Current Bank €1007.85)

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    Absolute Poker scandal

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    Re: Ultimate Bet scandal Personally I think its a load of rubbish,more like chip dumping or just bad play... I cant think AP would risk doing anything like this but saying that it was fun reading about it at 2+2 (yet again over reactioning with any so called scandal at that forum)

    Absolute Poker scandal

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    Re: Ultimate Bet scandal ABsolute poker responce. Hi All, Thank you for your patience in this urgent issue. Let me start off by stating in 100% confidence that, fair play and security is of paramount importance to Absolute Poker. We have temporarily frozen accounts that have been brought to our attention while we perform an extensive investigation. While we are continuing with our investigation, we have yet to find any evidence of wrong doing. Our game client only receives data regarding the individuals hand and no other players hole cards, except in the event of a showdown. The player’s and their respective actions that are in question, all come from a small sample of Hands. We have researched their play exhaustively and have found no proof that they had any knowledge of other player’s hole cards. There were hands that were played poorly -- from a poker strategy perspective -- and these players did receive a fortunate result. So far we have no evidence that substantiates claims that any of the players were involved in chip dumping, or any other improper activity. Because of the seriousness of these allegations, we have not closed the investigation and are continuing to look very closely into this matter.We will notify you if we obtain any new information regarding these claims. Kindest Regards, Danielle

    Gutshot New Software Freerolls

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    NEW GUTSHOT POKER SOFTWARE (PLUS $5,000 FREEROLL INFORMATION) THE NEW VERSION OF THE GUTSHOT ONLINE POKER ROOM IS LAUNCHED TODAY MONDAY 10 SEPTEMBER WHEN YOU LOG ON, ANYTIME AFTER MIDDAY TODAY, THE NEW SOFTWARE WILL AUTOMATICALLY UPDATE – THIS WILL TAKE ABOUT FIVE MINUTES THERE IS NO NEED FOR CURRENT PLAYERS TO CHANGE ANYTHING. ALL ACCOUNT / USERNAME INFORMATION IS UNAFFECTED BY THE NEW DOWNLOAD AS A ‘CELEBRATION’ OF THE LAUNCH GUTSHOT IS OFFERING ALL PLAYERS WHO LOGON TO THE NEW SOFTWARE THE CHANCE TO PLAY IN 5 NO LIMIT HOLD’EM $1,000 FREEROLLS TO ENSURE GENUINE GUTSHOT PLAYERS BENEFIT IN THESE FREEROLLS, (AND NETCRAWLING FREEROLL BONUS WHORES DON’T), WE HAVE PLACED SOME ‘CLEVERLY’ THOUGHT OUT CONDITIONS ON THEM THURSDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER NLHE FREEZE-OUT – Open to ALL Gutshot Players $1,000 guaranteed prize fund – starting stack 2000 chips – Starting Blinds 10/20 - Clock 5 minutes - Starting Time 9pm (BST) TUESDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER NLHE FREEZE-OUT – Open to ALL Gutshot Players to enter for 1 VIP - $1,000 guaranteed prize fund – Starting stack 2000 chips – Starting Blinds 10/20 - Clock 5 minutes – Starting Time 9pm (BST) SATURDAY 22TH SEPTEMBER NLHE FREEZE-OUT – Open to ALL Gutshot Players to enter for 5 VIP - $1,000 guaranteed prize fund – Starting stack 2000 chips – Starting Blinds 10/20 - Clock 5 minutes - Starting Time 9pm (BST) WEDNESDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER NLHE FREEZE-OUT – Open to ALL Gutshot Players to enter for ;10 VIP - $1,000 guaranteed prize fund – Starting stack 2000 chips – Starting Blinds 10/20 - Clock 5 minutes - Starting Time 9pm (BST) SUNDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER NLHE FREEZE-OUT – Open to ALL Gutshot Players to enter for 20 VIP - $1,000 guaranteed prize fund – Starting stack 2000 chips – Starting Blinds 10/20 - Clock 5 minutes - Starting Time 9pm (BST

    PokerPlayer Magazine HillyTheFish HomeGame Series

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    PokerPlayer Magazine HillyTheFish HomeGame Series. The Prizes. There a $1000 prizepool for each freeroll(6 in all) and youll get a $100 bounty and some merchandise if you knock out HillyTheFish.The winner gets an ultimate home game kit(including prizes,a couple of crates of beer and HillyTheFish)and their game written up in the magazine.The winner of each home game will progress to the grand final.Home Games are limited to six people but you can all enter to give yourselves a better chance of winning. Exclusive Freeroll Paradise Poker Tuesday September 18th 2007 8pm Hillys Home Game(under private tourney section More Details are on page 77 in Septembers PokerPlayer Magazine This might make a decent focus tourney

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